United States v. Blake’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1791 · 18 U.S.C. § 3231 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 561
Relies on Connally v. General Construction Co. · Kolender v. Lawson · Smith v. Goguen · City of Chicago v. Morales · Boyce Motor Lines, Inc. v. United States
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hoever ... being an inmate of a prison, makes, possesses, or obtains, or attempts to make or obtain, a prohibited object....” 18 U.S.C. § 1791 (a)(2). In addition to the catchall provision at issue here, the statute specifically prohibits”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.